Stuck + bugs

[Zazu/Ibl]

Hi there!

Found a couple of bugs that I'll mention first:
1. Talking to the kids outside the garage about ghosts causes infinite notes to get added to the journal.
2. Trying to give an item to any of the two guards outside the warehouse causes the game to crash.

And finally, I'm super stuck. As far as I can see, there are no hotspots left to check and I can't find a way forward.
In the house on Rue de Triomphe: I accidentially got past the clock puzzle (no idea where to find a clue for that one), fixed the wiring and clicked my way past the barrels in the basement. Haven't found a single clue for any of the puzzles. Regardless, I read in one of the other posts that I'm supposed to be able to find doors 1 & 3... and I have no clue where they could be. Like I said, I've checked every single hotspot, tried all different paths through the house and can only find doors 8 - 10. Is there a secret passage in one room that I just haven't been able to find?

[Mattasaurus Rex]

I'm also in this exact same spot (minus the clock puzzle, I think). I have NO idea where doors 1-3 are and I'm about ready to give up on this game and leave a bad review. Even using the Right-CTRL key doesn't help (found via trying every key on the keyboard). I simply need to know what to do next. The "Open 1 and 3. Ring to release lever and secure door" hint is NOT clear enough (at least in the English translation)

I've spent 17 hours so far on this game when it should have been 6, due to bad hinting

-- RANT --

Dev needs to leave in the forums proper spoilers on how to advance past places users have reported being stuck, not vague hints. If 1 person reports being stuck, others will be getting stuck at the same place. Reading a post from 1 year ago that someone else had the same problem isn't useful to me now if the solution isn't actually written out

The only walkthrough on youtube is someone who spends 18 hours, most of them in frustration trying every item with every hotspot, and in the end just gives up and doesn't even make it to the part where Zazu/Ibl and I are stuck

This game desperately needs a written walkthrough or official (ie short) youtube walkthough, assuming the dev isn't going to go back and add better hinting to the game

It's 2022, having the player resort to try-every-object-on-everything multiple times in a game is unacceptable

But what do I know, I've only been playing adventure games for 30 years ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Zazu/Ibl]

The clock puzzle is to open the door into the house so you'll have done that one for sure. :)

Rant seems unnecessary though. Outside of this part it's pretty well sign-posted what you need to do. The journal generally gives good clues for everything. Wouldn't mind an in-game hint system, but it hasn't really been needed before this. I'm 8 hours in and this is the only place I've had big troubles with. /shrug

Originally posted by Mattasaurus Rex:

I'm also in this exact same spot (minus the clock puzzle, I think).

I've spent 17 hours so far on this game when it should have been 6, due to bad hinting

-- RANT --

[Zazu/Ibl]

Alright, figured it out. Wasn't actually that bad to solve I was mostly being a dummy apparently.

1. Grab cord from drapes and tie it to the bag of flour.
2. Take shelf above levers.
3. When the left lever is up tie the bag to the lever and you get access to the top floor.

From there on out it was smooth sailing again.